The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.